This paper uses firm-level data from 119 developing countries to show that services sector productivity is positively … associated with manufacturing productivity. Moreover, the link between productivity in services and manufacturing is particularly … use in the dataset, a 10% improvement in services productivity is associated with a 0.6% improvement in manufacturing …

Generalized increase of competition and, consequently, of competitiveness and globalization forces companies to find … services' level, improve the quality of the goods offered and go as far as customizing certain products. …

productivity across Ghana and South Korea. The labour productivity differentials across these firms exceed those implied by macro … show that if we allow for a non-linear effect of education on output the whole of the average productivity differences …

The labour productivity differentials between manufacturing firms in Ghana and South Korea exceed those implied by … and South Korea.  There is no significant difference in total factor productivity across the countries once we allow for … in the shape of the relationship between productivity and human capital across countries is crucial for understanding the …

The labour productivity differentials between manufacturing firms in Ghana and South Korea exceed those implied by … and South Korea. There is no significant difference in total factor productivity across the countries once we allow for … the shape of the relationship between productivity and human capital across countries is crucial for understanding the …

technology and the importance of technical and allocative efficiency. We show that the diversity of factor choices is not due to … a non-homothetic technology. Observable skills are not quantitatively important as determinants of productivity … distortions could be removed substantial gains thorough improvements in allocative efficiency would be possible. …

technology and the importance of technical and allocative efficiency. We show that the diversity of factor choices in not due to … a non-homothetic technology. Observable skills are not quantitatively important as determinants of productivity … differentials could be levelled out, substantial gains thorough improvements in allocative efficiency would be possible. …

: their technology and the importance of technical and allocative efficiency. We show that the diversity of factor choices is … not due to a non-homothetic technology. Observable skills are not quantitatively important as determinants of productivity … distortions could be removed substantial gains thorough improvements in allocative efficiency would be possible. …

technology and the importance of technical and allocative efficiency. We show that the diversity of factor choices in not due to … a non-homothetic technology. Observable skills are not quantitatively important as determinants of productivity … differentials could be levelled out, substantial gains thorough improvements in allocative efficiency would be possible. …

learned about productivity, efficiency, and technology from the data used by both papers. The first set of issues are …Several recent papers in the American Economic Review examined important questions regarding productivity growth and …